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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zé | ze2
English translation
marsh, swamp; brilliance, grace

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

water

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵睪

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
毛泽东 Máo Zé dōng Mao Zedong (1893-1976), Chinese communist leader毛澤東
新泽西 Xīn zé xī New Jersey, US state新澤西
pool
毛泽东思想 Máo Zé dōng Sī xiǎng Maoism毛澤東思想
沼泽 zhǎozé marsh沼澤
江泽民 Jiāng Zé mín Jiang Zemin (1926-), politician, president of PRC 1993-2003江澤民
光泽 Guāng zé luster光澤
色泽 sè zé color and luster色澤
新泽西州 Xīn zé xī zhōu New Jersey, US state新澤西州
沼泽地 zhǎo zé dì marsh沼澤地
泽西 Zé xī Jersey (Channel Islands)澤西
润泽 rùn zé moist潤澤
恩泽 ēn zé favor from an emperor or high official恩澤
菏泽 Hé zé Heze prefecture-level city in Shandong菏澤

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